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Object Number
985-27-10/59061
Display Title
Tableta. Painted piece of carved wood depicting clouds and other symbols.
Descriptions
Object Description
Tableta. Piece of carved wood depicting clouds and other symbols. Painted red, green, yellow and black. Wood is attached to a stick that is bent into a semicircle (possibly another cloud symbol) at top of which is attached a flat piece of wood. Circle of cornhusk attached at bottom. Rio Grande style.
Inventory Description
Tableta, wood panel, poly pig, star/cloud motif, half hoop and crosspiece at top
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Hopi
- Rio Grande
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Materials
Wood, Sinew, Hide, Corn husk, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 32.4 x 44.2 x 6.8 cm (12 3/4 x 17 3/8 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59061/ 34314
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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